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<br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />" <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br /> <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 721 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866,3441 <br />FAX: (303) 866,4474 <br />www.cwcb.state.co.lls <br /> <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />Bill Owens <br />Governor <br /> <br />TO: <br />FROM: <br />DATE: <br />RE: <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board Members <br />Brad Lundahl <br />July 28, 2003 <br />Agenda Item # 5 - Request offunds for Demonstration Project <br /> <br />Rod Kuharich <br />CWCB Director <br /> <br />Greg E. Walcher <br />Executive Director <br /> <br />Dan McAuliffe <br />Deputy Director <br /> <br />This Demonstration Proiect is to Measure the Impacts of the Green Industrv's Best <br />Manaaement Practices for Water Conservation <br /> <br />Background: Headwaters Consulting, LLC, working with the Denver School of Science and Technology <br />(Science & Tech) and the Green Industries of Colorado! (GreenCO) seeks the support of the Colorado Water <br />Conservation Board to develop a project to demonstrate and measure the effectiveness of recently developed <br />landscape-related Best Management Practices (BMPs) for the conservation and protection of water resources <br />in Colorado. Through Headwaters Consulting, Science & Tech and GreenCO will design a demonstration <br />project that will include a long-term commitment from students in the school to monitor the water <br />conservation impacts oflandscape Best Management Practices. This effort will build on CWCB's investment <br />in the development of landscape-related Best Management Practices, This project represents the next step for <br />the BMP efforts, to put them into practice through a demonstration project <br /> <br />The Denver School of Science and Technology is a charter high school that will be located on a 10-acre <br />campus on the southern border of the 4,700-acre Stapleton redevelopment site in Denver. Science & Tech <br />has two missions of equal importance: I) to become the premiere public school in the state focusing on <br />science, math and technology; and 2) to increase the number of underrepresented students who succeed in <br />math and the sciences both at the high school and post-secondary level. Resource sustainability and <br />conservation are primary goals of both Science & Tech and the Stapleton redevelopment site. In addition to <br />constructing a "green" school building, Science & Tech is committed to designing and installing a water <br />conservation "learning landscape" for use as a teaching tool for students. <br /> <br />The campus' 10-acre site will include two soccer fields, one of which is being funded by the Denver Soccer <br />Club for competitive use, as well as a landscaped entryway, parking areas and a tree-lined parkway on three <br />sides. The BMP demonstration landscape will provide an outdoor complement to the school's learning <br />approach, while generating useful data for state and local water agencies. <br /> <br />The Green Industries of Colorado includes the following organizations: Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado (ALeC), The Colorado Chapter of the <br />American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), Colorado Association of Lawn Care Professionals (CALCP), Colorado Greenhouse Growers Association <br />(CGGA), Colorado Nursery Association (CNA), Garden Centers of Colorado (GCe), International Society of ArboricultruelRocky Mountain Chapter (ISA/RMC), <br />Rocky MOWltain Sod Growers Association (RMSG) and Wholesale Florists of Colorado (WFC). <br /> <br />Flood Protection. Water Project Planning and Financing. Stream and Lake Protection <br />Water Supply Protection. Conservation Planning <br />